THE LATE MR. HALES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 561, 16 July 1909, Page 6

THE LATE MR. HALES.

'..-''••• ■'' ■■■■':■:>■ ——■ —■♦ '•' , . . '['■■■:.■■..■■'. ':''' ■..'■ FUNEEAL YESTEEDAT. 'A ■-7 The. Ministry, Parliament, many of .the.Cjyil Service Departments,' the: City .Council, and other: bodieswith which .the 'late Mr. W. H. Hales: was connected,: were represented at his funeral yesterday..'.The Hon.. Dr Y Findlay was present';on:behalf 'of-'the Ministry," and' Parliaments, wis . represented, byj the' presence . ; of the Hon; A.[E. Guinness (Speaker, of the House of Representatives), J.'tE.:'Jenkinson, Mr. F. : M.< B.\. Fisher, M:P; v .and-Mr:': J. P. > Luke, ■M.P... Mr. J. G. -H. -BloW"(Under-Secretary, for: Public Works), Mr. E.-W- Holmes (Engineer-. in-Chief), [Mr.- John...Campbell .(Government Architect)) and a. nvmber.oiot-h'er'officers' were present''frorh: tho v Public' Works Department, of which- Mr.' : Hales formerly Engineer-in-Chief. Nearly all the -members; of- the City Council, and ; also the Hon. C.M.' Luke (chairman) and almost all'the members .of the Wel ; lington* Hospital Trustees,: with Dr. Hardwick. Smith (superintendent of the' hospital) were present.. Among a large number more'who attended': were Mr. - G. Allport (Secretary-.for. Marine),' Mr.'J.-K. Logan "(Superintendent of Electric Lines), .'Mr. ■A. L..: Beattie.- (Chfef Mechanical Engineer, Railway Department), Captain-Post (of the Tutanekai),,-Mr., James M'Kerrow (late Surveyor-General), W. '.M. Hahnay, W. Eidler and Mullius (representing' the Athletic Football ..Club), Captain. Bendall/ and Colonel ■ Newall; . The. chief mourners vtere the four 'sons ;of. 'the deceased, with Mr. Thomas-Higgle, his brother-in-law, and Mr. A. ' Higgie, nephew. Letters of j con- 1 dolence. were from the Acting-Prime Minister; (the' Hon. James" Carroll) and Mother members of • the ..Ministry, and wreaths', from the Public Works Department, ' Wellington Hospital' Trustees, Wellington Cricket Club. Athletic Football Club, staff of the- Bank of New Zealand, Public Trust .'.Office,' and Greymouth Rugby Union. The' Rev. James .Paterson, conducted: the service' at^the; house, and, also- at the graveside. : .Reference'was made at' last. night's meeting of;the City Council to the death of Mr. Hales. 'A formal motion of sympathy, with the relatives of "deceased was passed, the Mayor paying a-tribute to -the .memory of deceased, whose Career as an [engineer and a councillor had been one of. sterling honesty.'' ,